Rope

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

USA 1948 | Colour | 80 mins | Cert PG | Crime | Thriller

Cast: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger

Brandon (Dall) and Philip (Granger) murder their friend David and hide his body in a chest. Mad with power, they hold a dinner party; they invite David’s father, his girlfriend, and their former professor, Rupert Cadell (Stewart), to eat off of the chest containing the corpse. Brandon, who takes pride in what they have done, struggles to control Philip, who despairs and begins to drink heavily. Cadell begins to suspect …